Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences Against Children) Act 2010 (42 of 2010)

Schedule 1   Amendments relating to sexual offences against children

Part 2   Amendments relating to child sex offences involving postal or similar services, or carriage services

Criminal Code Act 1995

44   After section 474.27 of the Criminal Code

Insert:

474.27A Using a carriage service to transmit indecent communication to person under 16 years of age

(1) A person (the sender ) commits an offence if:

(a) the sender uses a carriage service to transmit a communication to another person (the recipient ); and

(b) the communication includes material that is indecent; and

(c) the recipient is someone who is, or who the sender believes to be, under 16 years of age; and

(d) the sender is at least 18 years of age.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years.

(2) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1), whether material is indecent is a matter for the trier of fact.

(3) In this section:

indecent means indecent according to the standards of ordinary people.